holding maternity & newborn photos, both of which were taken in this very room. Love that. :)
The lamp stand is from Jett's nursery (& Jay's before that)
and I used those awesome sticky lamp shades to make this ruffle shade.
I'm kind of obsessed with coral right now.
Coral pants, coral nail polish, coral makeup.
And apparently I think it's necessary for Jia to have multiple coral colored headbands.
Sheesh.

Originally the blue scrolly frame was going to be for Jia's hairbows

but I've made all headbands for her and just got tired of clipping them to it.

and said, if I have a girl someday I'll reuse the dresser and just change out the knobs?

Well, there ya go.

The rocking chair that was a gift from Jeff's parents when Jay was on the way.

And handmade pillows.

The ruffle one - simple, easy.

The yo-yo one - simple, but took many many evenings
in front of the tv watching Jersey Shore Dateline to complete.

But I'm pretty much in love with it so it was worth it.

And then the owl...

These are things that I do that make my friends shake their heads at me...

So...I saw a cute owl pillow I liked, sketched out my own pattern,

used my ol' pal HeatNBond again and there you have it. :)

It was actually less time consuming than the yo-yos. :)

Don't get excited.
This is not hanging in Jia's room...yet.
Isn't it GORG??
This is like the main inspiration for her room.
I really wanted it for the wall behind her rocking chair
so I bought the pattern and have been attempting embroidery.
I love hand stitching, always have, but I seriously don't know how to embroider!
The included directions show you how to do each stitch but yeah...whatever.
So. This is the first missing item.
It's going to take me SO long to finish it, it really will be a labor of love,
but I think it will be a really neat keepsake for her...if I could just get past the letter A...

And the final item needed is this rug I ordered from Urban Outfitters...

It should be here, oh, by the times she's 18 and moving out.

This room has been such a fun project for me.

Sometimes I still can't believe I have a little girl.

I really thought I'd be raising a brood of all boys.

But God must have thought I'd explode if I didn't release some feminine creative energy. :)

And I've definitely been able to do that. Now its time for some smaller projects.

...oh wait, she is going to have a 1st birthday party in about 8 months... ;)

5 comments:

oh my goodness, i just love everything about this room!!! you did a fantastic job :) also, i have seen that alphabet embroidery and would absolutely LOVE to do it, but i'm not sure i have the patience! labor of love is definitely the right term! :) :)

I think my mouth fell open when I saw the whatnot. I have the *exact* same one in my baby girl's room! The only difference is that ours has two extra pieces of decorative wood on top on either side of the center finial. Did yours used to?

I haven't posted my daughter's room pics because I'm waiting to get it a little more "done". A few Christmas gifts we're expecting should do the trick :)